We love that Valentine's Day lands smack in the middle of Black History Month and EBONY magazine feels the same way.

Each year, dating back to 1993, the glossy has celebrated the power of black love by filling its February issue with inspiring stories of romance and highlighting one of Hollywood's hottest couples on the cover. This year, the honor is being shared in three separate covers featuring Bishop T.D. Jakes and wife Serita, rapper T.I. and wife Tiny and our favorite couple of the group, "Deception" actress Meagan Good and her entertainment executive and Seventh-Day Adventist preacher husband, DeVon Franklin.

The duo looks adorable with Meagan snuggled up on her hubby's lap while dressed in a sheer black Avelon pullover with a sexy Kiki de Montparnasse bodysuit peeking though.

Looking at these two makes it hard to believe that they were once celibate. But with that now behind them (phew!), the couple is opening up to EBONY about how they keep their marriage intact and their love aflame.

“One of the reasons I think God put us together is that we see the world very much alike, and where we see it differently, we complement each other,” Meagan told the magazine.

And when it comes to spicing things up, Meagan knows just want to do.

“What do I do for him that’s romantic? I try to surprise him whenever he comes to town. I wear nice things…Wink!" she added.

The issue also features personal love letters written by Bishop T.D. Jakes, T.I. and, of course, DeVon to their leading ladies. Swoon!

Make sure to pickup EBONY's "Black Love" issue when it hits newsstands on Friday, January 4. Here's a look at Meagan and DeVon's cute cover and more fabulous power couples in the slideshow below.

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With one half being one of Hollywood’s hottest actresses and the other leading the Miami Heat as one of the NBA’s brightest stars, one hardly needs Will Smith to freestyle at your birthday party to be reminded that you’re a big deal. But he did. And they are.

US President Barack Obama is embraced by First Lady Michelle Obama on stage after winning the 2012 US presidential election November 7, 2012 in Chicago, Illinois. Obama swept to a emphatic re-election win over Mitt Romney, forging new history by transcending a dragging economy and the stifling unemployment which haunted his first term. AFP PHOTO / Robyn Beck (Photo credit should read ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images)

He’s the founder of Streamline Records and she’s the founding member of the R&B group, The Braxtons, but together, they’ve become one of reality TV’s favorite couples.

He’s the CEO of Epic Records and guest judge on The X-Factor. But behind every great man is a greater woman: His wife Erica most recently penned a book on parenting afflicted children after learning one of her own had asthma.

Johnson came to the national eye once his wife (NPR’s first African-American host) temporarily stepped down from her gig at All Things Considered to avoid a conflict of interest with his duties as newly appointed senior adviser to President Obama’s 2012 re-election campaign.

Each has a storied career in their respective fields: She was nominated for a Tony award for her role in Dreamgirls and made a crossover into television through voice acting and roles on It’s a Living and Designing Women. He’s a former member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives and currently the Democratic chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee.

What more needs to be said about these two? As forces to be reckoned with in their own respective domains, there’s hardly a day that goes by that either doesn't make headlines with their show-stopping appeal.

When it comes to the funnyman star of I Think I Love My Wife and his real-life wife, there’s little room for doubt. Aside from keeping her husband centered, Malaak is the founder and executive director of a non-profit that serves women moving from welfare to work. The couple, who wed in 1996, has two daughters.

Having met on the set of the Showtime series Soul Food, these two models-turned-thespians are one of entertainment’s most beautiful couples. On his transition to married life, Boris told rollingout.com: “I’m a better person today than I was before marriage because my wife makes me a better man.”

How do a former corporate attorney and a famed, creative filmmaker come together and manage to make years of marriage work in Hollywood? We’re not sure ourselves, but lo and behold, the couple (now with two teenagers) released a children’s book together just last year.

She’s a Grammy Award-winning singer who emerged as one of the most successful R&B vocalists of the ’90s and he's a Phoenix Suns baller who just netted a two-year $7 million deal. Between the two of them, there’s enough swagger to go around.

This Ethiopian power couple is one half-James Beard award-winning chef (the youngest ever to receive a three-star restaurant review from The New York Times) and one half stone-cold stunning philanthropist. The pair resides in Harlem—not far from Samuelsson’s latest city staple: Red Rooster.

The lovebirds met at Yale and started out just as friends. Fifteen years later, they’re a Hollywood power couple. On the side, both are active supporters of the Boys & Girls Clubs of America.

She may be one of younger siblings of the Kardashian clan, but that hasn’t stopped Khloé’s star from rising. It doesn’t hurt when you’re married to one of the NBA’s star players in Lamar Odom. After tying the knot in 2009, the pair has since received their own spinoff, Khloé & Lamar.

The Tony and Emmy Award-winning actor met his ALMA Award-winning wife-to-be on the set of The Matrix Reloaded and wed in 2002 at The Cloisters museum in New York City. The couple had their first child, Delilah, in 2007.

She’s known for her roles on 21 Jump Street, Hangin’ with Mr. Cooper and serving as an original co-host of The Talk. He played football in the NFL for 16 years. Each has written on the topic of parenting an afflicted child (one of their own was born autistic), with Holly winning an NAACP Image Award for “Outstanding Literary Work” in 2011.

Despite rumors of a split, the famous NY Giants defensive end-turned-Regis Philbin-replacement and his fiancé Nicole (ex-wife of Eddie Murphy) of VH1’s Hollywood Exes seem to have their sights set firmly on the future with their imminent wedding. Meanwhile, he’s settling into his role as a television personality, while she’s running a clothing line and making a return to the runway.

The former first couple of the District of Columbia, Michelle was assigned to serve as Adrian’s mentor when they first met at Howard Law School. Years later, an accomplished attorney would find herself married to her college sweetheart. The couple has since found time outside politics to spend more time with their three children.

Having married in 1999, the NBA superstar and Grammy-nominated Canadian R&B singer put the "power" in power couple by staying stronger than ever in light of their setbacks in health concerning his bout with MRSA and her diagnosis with Multiple Sclerosis within a single year.

The two journalists met in 1990 while working for NBC. Deborah has since moved on to the ABC News division and hosting Lifetime Live, while Al has found himself waking early risers on The Weather Channel before hopping back to his Today show duties.

He’s the Hollywood exec responsible for The Karate Kid remake, Jumping the Broom and Moneyball; she’s one of the industry’s leading starlets. Together, they've noted their faith as a bedrock for their relationship and have used it as a guiding principle in their work.